| Description |
xiv, 243 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes index (pages [231] - 243). |
| Summary |
The moderator of the New York Times' Stone column and the author of numerous books on everything from Greek tragedy to David Bowie, Simon Critchley has been a strong voice in popular philosophy for more than a decade. This volume brings together thirty-five essays, originally published in the Times, on a wide range of topics, from the dimensions of Plato's academy and the mysteries of Eleusis to Philip K. Dick, Mormonism, money, and the joy and pain of Liverpool Football Club fans. In an engaging and jargon-free style, Critchley writes with honesty about the state of world as he offers philosophically informed, and insightful considerations of happiness, violence, and faith. Stripped of inaccessible academic armatures, these short pieces bring philosophy out of the ivory tower and demonstrate an exciting new way to think in public. |
| Contents |
Happiness? Happy like God ; Beyond the sea ; How to make it in the afterlife ; The gospel according to me ; Abandon (nearly) all hope -- I believe. Why I love Mormonism ; The freedom of faith -- a Christmas sermon ; The rigor of love ; Coin of praise ; Soccer fandom as a model for living -- Whar are philosophers for? What is a philosopher ; When Socrates met Phaedrus: Eros in philosophy ; Cyncicism we can believe in ; To weld, perchance to dream ; Brexistentialism -- The tragedy of violence. Euro blind ; Let be -- an answer to Hamlet's question ; The cycle of revenge ; Theater of violence -- Athens in pieces : The art of memory ; The stench of the academy ; In Aristotle's garden ; The tragedy of democracy ; What really happened at Eleusis? ; We know Socrates's fate. What's ours? ; The happiest man I ever met ; An offering to the soccer gods -- Others. There is no theory of everything ; The dangers of uncertainty: a lesson from Auschwitz ; Nothing remains: David Bowie's vision of love ; PBS -- Philip K. Dick, garage philosopher. Meditations on a radiant fish ; Future gnostic ; Adventures in the dream factory -- Covid coda. Our fear, our trembling, our strength. |
| Subject |
Philosophy -- Popular works.
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Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01060777
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| Genre/Form |
Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
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| Added Author |
Catapano, Peter, editor.
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| ISBN |
0300255969 (hardcover) |
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9780300255966 (hardcover) |
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